Your content displayed in a ticker.
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Your content on the My Content page.
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Get Your Information On Demand with RSS & Atom
Now you can get timely, customized information delivered right to your browser, absolutely free! Access a wide variety of content from leading Web providers like ABC News, Amazon.com, BBC News, Reuters, Wired, News.com and more. [See our list of recommended RSS Content sites.] Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom are a format that Web site and Web logs (blogs) use to send updated headlines around the internet. With the Toolbar's RSS Tool, you can find your favorite content feeds and have them sent directly to you. Your Toolbar can be set up quickly to deliver the most up-to-date information you want, in the display style that you like best. 3 different ways your RSS Content can be displayed
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Want more details? Use the links below to learn more about RSS Content.
 How can I add content to my Toolbar? | RSS Content can either be added using the Toolbar's RSS Scanner, or it can be entered manually. | | To Use the RSS Scanner | 1. Go to a Web page that you'd like to search for RSS Content.
2. Select Add Content from your Ticker drop-down menu.
3. Click the Search Page button.
4. You will be presented with a list of possible RSS content.
5. Select the content you would like to add from the list.
6. Click Add Selected. You should now see this content added to the drop-down menu of your Ticker or My Content button and to your My Content page. (See next question for more specifics on where this content will appear on your Toolbar.) Here is a list of sites with readily accessible URLs for the RSS Scanner:
1. Wired
2. Reuters
3. BBC News
4. Amazon.com
5. Variety
6. ABCNEWS
7. Boston Globe
| | To Add Content Manually | 1. Go to a Web page containing an RSS feed.
2. Copy the URL for the RSS content you'd like to add.
3. Select Add Content from your Ticker drop-down menu.
4. Paste the URL into the text field and click Add. You should now see this content added to the drop-down menu of your Ticker or My Content button and to your My Content page. (See next question for more specifics on where this content will appear on your Toolbar.) Here is a list of sites with readily accessible URLs for manual entry:
1. News.com
2. Feedster.com's Top 100 RSS Blog Feeds
3. Blogdigger - RSS/Atom Search Engine
4. Syndic8.com - Categorized Feeds
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 Close How can I change the way my content is displayed? | The Toolbar can show your RSS content as a scrolling ticker or from a "My Content" button. RSS content is also always available from your My Content page. | | To change your RSS display | - Go to the Ticker or My Content drop-down menu.
- Select Ticker Settings.
- Use the radio buttons under Display My Content to choose your display type.
| | To change your Ticker from a single feed to multiple feeds | If you use the scrolling Ticker when you install your Toolbar, it will be set to its default state with one content feed scrolling across the display. You can change it from displaying a single content feed, to having the Ticker automatically rotate through all of your active feeds.
To change your Ticker from single to multiple feeds:
- Select Ticker Settings from the Ticker drop-down menu.
- Find the "When displaying content in the Ticker" section.
- Choose "Display single content feed." or "Automatically rotate to my next feed."
- If you choose "Automatically rotate my next feed.", enter the number of minutes you'd like to see each feed in the available box.
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How can I show/hide story descriptions? | To hide or show the story summaries on your My Content page. | 1. Go to the Ticker or My Content drop-down menu.
2. Select Manage My Content.
3. Select Show Descriptions or Hide Descriptions.
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Can an ATOM feed be used with this tool?| Yes, the Toolbar has recently added support for Atom (a format recently adopted by Google for its blogger sites). It also supports RSS .91, .93, 1.0 & 2.0 formats. |
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